— 🇮🇷 NEW: Iran’s President, Masoud Pezeshkian, is posting Persian poetry on X

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 BREAKING: Vice President J.D. Vance’s trip to Islamabad for negotiations with Iran has officially been ‘suspended’ – CNN

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: ‘Vance’s trip could resume at short notice, if Iran responds in a way Trump deems acceptable’ – New York Times

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi:

‘Blockading Iranian ports is an act of war and thus a violation of the ceasefire.

Striking a commercial vessel and taking its crew hostage is an even greater violation.

Iran knows how to neutralize restrictions, how to defend its interests, and how to resist bullying’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 BREAKING: Iran has officially informed the United States through Pakistan that it will not attend the negotiations in Islamabad – Tasnim

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: President Trump, in a post on Truth Social, unilaterally declares an extension of the ceasefire with Iran, despite saying he would not extend it before a deal is reached

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 IRIB: ‘Iran does not recognize the extension of the ceasefire, and may or may not abide by it based on its national interests’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency:

‘Despite Trump's announcement of a ceasefire extension, Iran has not issued a media statement on the matter.

Iran's position will be officially announced later.’

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So basically there’s a ceasefire, but nobody knows until when, and Hormuz is still closed, and Hezbollah & Israel are fighting again, and and and…

What a shit show lol

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Admin note:

The current situation is very strange. If Iran agrees to abide by this ‘indefinite’ extension of the ceasefire, we will enter a state of ‘no peace, no war’ — and nobody knows how long.

The U.S. naval blockade on Iran would remain, and so would Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz. This is a lose-lose situation.

Iran and the U.S. would both suffer economic consequences if this situation continues. But who would suffer worse, is the question.

Three main options are possible:

1. Iran decides that the U.S. naval blockade is an existential matter, and starts to take retaliatory measures. This would likely collapse the ceasefire. Alternatively, the U.S. may carry out another surprise attack.

2. Iran and the U.S. do reach some sort of understanding, maybe informally. Iran may allow a limited number of ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz, in exchange for an ‘easing’ of the U.S. naval blockade.

3. Iran and the U.S. agree to hold another round of negotiations. But this is unlikely, considering neither side is willing to make concessions.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Advisor to Iran’s Parliament Speaker:

‘Trump's extension of the ceasefire makes no sense. The losing side cannot set the terms.

Continuing the siege is no different from bombing and must be responded to militarily.

Meanwhile, Trump's extension of the ceasefire certainly means buying time for a surprise strike. It is Iran's time to take the initiative.’

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Close Bab Al-Mandab.

Blockade the blockade of the blockade.

— Btw ‘extending’ the ceasefire without an end-date is basically not a ceasefire at all.

It’s like saying ‘I won’t kill you, until I determine that I might’

Not how it works.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 Pakistani sources to Al-Arabiya:

‘Pakistani mediation is still ongoing.

Nobody can announce the end of negotiations, except America or Pakistan.

We believe Iran’s position may change in the coming hours. We are quite confident in that.’

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Iran be like: ‘We’re not negotiating’

Pakistan: ‘You can’t do that, Pakistan decides if you negotiate’

— The mutually agreed upon ceasefire ends in 1 hour and 50 minutes.

(Trump’s extension not included)